An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Sixth Edition

Sixth Edition of An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology provides an updated and integrated presentation of the study of hormone-behavior-brain interactions, exploring the endocrine mechanisms that have evolved in both human and nonhuman animals to solve common problems in survival and reproduction. The book is organized around the conceptual theme that hormones affect behavior by influencing one or more of three components of behaving animals and is appropriate for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, biology, anthropology, or zoology. It contains several important pedagogical features, such as learning objectives, learning activities, key terms, chapter-end summaries, discussion questions, and suggested further readings.

Format: Hardback
Length: 828 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

The market-leading text, An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Sixth Edition, provides an updated, integrated presentation of the study of hormone-behavior-brain interactions. Maintaining a comparative approach, the text explores the endocrine mechanisms that have evolved in both human and nonhuman animals to solve common problems in survival and reproduction. The text describes interactions among hormones, the brain, and behavior from a historical perspective, emphasizing connections among key theories and tracing the emergence of important hypotheses. The book is organized around the conceptual theme that hormones affect behavior by influencing one or more of three components of behaving animals: input mechanisms (such as sensory or perceptual processes), the central processing mechanisms of the nervous system (either directly, or by affecting its development or structure), and output mechanisms (such as effectors or peripheral structures). Despite increased coverage of molecular and cellular approaches, the book strives for accessibility for non-biological science students. An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Sixth Edition, is appropriate for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, biology, anthropology, or zoology. It contains several important pedagogical features: Learning objectives are set out at the beginning of each chapter and now include 3 multiple choice questions per objective in the enhanced ebook. Learning Activity in each chapter (new to this edition) Key terms are defined in the margins throughout the text. The text is richly illustrated with color photographs and drawings. Chapter-end summaries restate important points. Discussion questions and suggested further readings are also included in each chapter. The text contains .

Weight: 1786g
Dimension: 221 x 284 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197542750
Edition number: 6 Revised edition